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architectural, a.|ɑːkɪˈtɛktjʊərəl| [f. architecture + -al1.] Of, relating to, or according to, architecture. spec. Of furniture or other household objects: resembling architecture in style or ornament. Also transf. and fig. Cf. architecture n. 5.
1762–94J. Stuart Antiq. Athens (R.) No fragment of sculpture or architectural ornaments was to be found there. 1841Spalding Italy & Isl. I. 31 The architectural monuments of the Romans. 1868Geo. Eliot F. Holt 11 A folio volume of architectural engravings. 1876C. M. Yonge Womankind xxx. 268 Architectural furniture..seems to me simply fitted for puppets. 1941Auden New Year Let. 14 Repair the antique silence the insects broke In an architectural passion. 1959D. Cooke Lang. Mus. i. 2 Medieval music was largely architectural in conception. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 17/2 Architectural clock, a clock in which the hood, in long-case, and the top in mantel clocks, is in the style of a classical pediment. |